Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Saint Malachy - prophecy of the Popes - the last 10 ...again

On Tuesday, March 15, 2011, I posted the following...

Saint Malachy - prophecy of the Popes - the last 10

There is a supposed Prophecy of the last 112 popes of the Catholic
Church begining with Pope Celestine II (elected in 1143) and concluding
with a pope described in the prophecy as "Peter the Roman", whose
pontificate will end in the destruction of the city of Rome. Here is the
list of the fianl 10. You can check out the full list on Wikipedia:

1. the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fátima in 19172. World War I, which killed 20 million people in Europe,3. Spanish flu, the 1918 flu pandemic which killed 50–100 million people worldwide4. the October Revolution in Russia, which established the atheist Soviet Union.

Pope Pius XI(Fides intrepida)The
motto means "intrepid faith". This pope released the encyclical Mit
Brennender Sorge which condemned Nazi racism and also signed agreements
with Fascist Italy which, among other things, gave the Vatican
sovereignty, established the pope as head of state, and added 700
million lire to the church coffers.

Pope Pius XII (Pastor angelicus)The
motto means "angelic shepherd". This pope was known to be very
mystical, and it was believed that he received visions. His writings
added greatly to understanding of Catholic beliefs and church doctrine.
During his reign, Pius exercised Papal Infallibility in defining dogma
when he issued, on November 1, 1950 an apostolic constitution,
Munificentissimus Deus, which defines ex cathedra the dogma of the
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven, on the request of the
heavenly father. He was declared Venerable in 2009.

Pope John XXIII (Pastor et nauta)"Pastor
et nauta" translates to "shepherd and sailor". Prior to his election he
was patriarch of Venice, which is a maritime city, famous for its
waterways and gondolas.

According to Peter Bander in The
Prophecies of Malachy, during the conclave which was to elect John
XXIII, Cardinal Spellman (who did not become pope), evidently having
taken Malachy's forecast that the next pope would be "pastor and
mariner" literally, rented a boat, filled it with sheep and sailed up
and down the Tiber.

Pope Paul VI (Flos florum)Pope
Paul VI, is described in the prophecies as "flos florum" or "flower of
flowers". His personal arms bore three fleurs-de-lis, the heraldic
charge best known as that in the arms of the French monarchy.
Fleur-de-lis literally means "flower of the lily": yet the medieval
flower par excellence was the rose[citation needed], not the lily; and
many popes have borne various flowers in their arms.

The
fleur-de-lys has the meaning of purity and chastity in Catholic
religion. This is based upon scripture. Paul VI published his encyclical
Humanae Vitae subtitled On Human Life, on July 25, 1968. In this
encyclical he reaffirmed the Catholic Church's traditional condemnation
of artificial birth control.

Pope John Paul I (De medietate lunae)"De
medietate lunae" translates to "from the midst of the moon" or "from
the half moon". It has also been interpreted as "De media aetate lunae",
meaning "of the middle age of the moon".

Albino Luciani, who
later became Pope John Paul I, was born in Canale d'Agordo, diocese of
Belluno, which name is similar to bella luna or beautiful moon.He
was elected on August 26, 1978, the day after the moon reached its last
quarter, and reigned for 33 days, approximately five days longer than a
lunar cycle. He died the day before the new moon. However, a much
simpler explanation might be that he was born on the day of the half
moon: on October 17, 1912, the moon was in its first quarter.

Others
point to his name before becoming pope, Albino Luciani. Albino is
related to "albus", white, and "Luciani", derived from "Lucius", is
ultimately related to the Latin word lux "light", whence "white light".
Still others have linked "half-moon" to the smile often exhibited by
John Paul I, who is remembered by many as the "smiling Pope."

Pope John Paul II (De labore solis).The
prophetic motto corresponding to Pope John Paul II is "De labore
solis", which literally means "Of the labor (work/giving birth) of the
sun"; but "labor solis" is a common Latin expression that means a solar
eclipse.

There are a variety of explanations that have been given to explain the motto:

Karol
Jozef Wojtyła, who later became Pope John Paul II, was born on 18 May
1920, the day of a partial solar eclipse over the Indian Ocean, and
buried on 8 April 200, the day of a rare hybrid eclipse over the
south-western Pacific and South America.During World War II, Karol Wojtyła worked in a quarry, "laboring in the sunlight".John Paul II introduced the Luminous Mysteries to the Rosary.

Pope Benedict XVI (Gloria olivae)"Gloria olivae" or "glory of the olive", is the last short phrase on the list.

Prior
to the papal conclave, this motto led to speculation that the next
pontiff would be from the Order of Saint Benedict, whose symbols include
the olive branch.Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, elected in April 2005,
is not a Benedictine, but did choose Benedict XVI as his regnal name,
partially named after Benedictine founder Benedict of Nursia, which
might be regarded as a fulfillment of this prophecy.By choosing the
name Benedict, the Pope became linked with St. Benedict, who in turn is
distantly connected to the Olivetans, a small sub-order of Benedictines.
Although it is frequently stated that the Order of St Benedict is also
known as that of the Olivetans, this is not true: while all Olivetans
are Benedictines, few Benedictines are Olivetans.

On 5 April
1993, the future Pope Benedict XVI was installed as the cardinal bishop
of Velletri-Segni. Velletri's coat of arms are emblazoned with three
olive trees. It was while Cardinal Bishop of the Sees of Ostia and
Velletri-Segni that Cardinal Ratzinger took part in the 2005 Conclave,
in which he was elected Pope.

Pope Benedict XVI was born on 16
April, the feast day of Saint Benedict Joseph Labre (26 March 1748 – 16
April 1783), also known as the Holy Pilgrim, with whom the Pope now
shares both names, Benedict and Joseph. St. Benedict Labre, however, is
not associated with olives, Olivetans or Mount Olivet in any way.

Petrus Romanus

The
notation that goes with this Pope is translated as folows: "In the last
persecution of the Holy Roman Church, Peter the Roman will hold the
see, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations: and when these
things are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the
terrible judge will judge his people."

However, in the 1595
Lignum Vitae, it is unclear whether the tribulation is related to Gloria
Olivae which precedes it, or to Petrus Romanus, which follows it.

There
is, also, a claim that the original list written by St. Malachy, does
not contain a reference to Petrus Romanus and that the last lines were
added to the printed text in Wyon's Lignum Vitæ. This, however, cannot
be proved, as the original manuscript (if any) probably no longer
exists.

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